Alaska's Finest BBQ Products

Alaska's Finest Barbecue Products

Lead Dog BBQ Wins Texas BBQ Sauce Contest

The 2014 Getting’ Sauced! BBQ Sauce Festival panel of food writers, food bloggers, and barbecue sauce enthusiasts judged BBQ sauces from across the nation during their 5TH annual contest and crowned Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce as the Overall Winner. The entries were judged on their overall impression in five categories consisting of Tomato (mild), Tomato (spicy), Vinegar, Mustard and Miscellaneous. Lead Dog’s Sweet, Savory and Spicy BBQ Sauces competed alongside commercially available sauces from across the nation. Lead Dog Sweet BBQ Sauce finished second in the Miscellaneous category with Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce finishing first in the Mustard Category. Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce went on to compete and win as the Overall winner against all of the other category winners. “I was speechless,” said Dan Gilson, Owner of The Charcoal Supply Company and Manufacturer of Lead Dog BBQ Products, when notified of the results “We have always thought our products were good but it is great to know that other people think so, too!”

The Charcoal Supply Company which manufactures Lead Dog BBQ Products is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and products can be purchased at stores and shops throughout Alaska as well as online at www.leaddogbbq.com. They offer Lead Dog Trail Dust All Purpose Rub, Lead Dog Rugged Trail Dust All Purpose Rub, Lead Dog Savory BBQ Sauce, Lead Dog Spicy BBQ Sauce and Lead Dog Sweet BBQ Sauce.

Competition for the 2014 Getting’ Sauced! BBQ Sauce Festival in Austin, Texas received entries from across the nation spanning from Alaska to Florida. Each Category of sauce is judged by 3 judges to determine category winners with all of the category winners being judged by a panel of 10 judges to determine the overall winner. According to Drew Thornley, one of the event coordinators, Getting’ Sauced! BBQ Sauce Festival is the largest blind tasted BBQ sauce contest in Texas.

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Gettin' Sauced! is a barbecue sauce contest and festival in Austin, Texas. Sauces from throughout the United States enter the contest which features two divisions. The People’s Choice Division is judged on-site by the festival attendees and the categories in the Bottled Sauce Division are blind judged. Category winners go head-to-head to determine the overall winner. Getting’ Sauced! takes place annually every fall. For more information visit www.gettinsauced.com

Our award winning Lead Dog Sauces and Rub are available for purchase online. Lead Dog BBQ Products are also available statewide at the following retail locations: